Typographical machine



Apr. l0, 1923 1,451,595

S. E. SPERRY TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE Filed Sept. '7,

1921 5 sheets-sheet l Apr'. 10, 1923 1,451,595

s. E. SPERRY TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE Fi led sep. 7, 1.921 5 sheets-sheet 2 ATTORNEY S.-E. SPERRY TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE Filed Sept '7, 1921 v 5 sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR ,difzzzffye Wg @www ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 10, 1923.

UNITED- STATES y 1,451,595 PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL E. SPERRY, OF WOODHAVEN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T INTERTYPE CORPO- RATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Application led September 7, 1921.

To all 'whom 'it 'mary concern.'

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. SPERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woodhaven, in the county of Queens and 6 State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Typographical Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve- 10 ments in typographical machines and more particularly to those of the class adapted to contain a plurality of matrix magazines any one of whichpmay be brought into position to deliver matrices for use in the composition of lines from which the type slugs are to be cast.

The primary object of the invention is to rovide novel and lmproved means for shiftmg the magazines to bring any selected one into operative position, whereby such shifting may be accomplished quickly and with facility, the shifting operation being performed by power-operated means under the control of the operator. Another object of the invention is to provide means for controlling the power-operated means whereby the operation of the latter is automatically interrupted when `the magazines have been shifted in the direction and to the extent indicated or determined by the operator. A further object is to provide a safety device which must be released prior to any shifting movement of the magazines, thereby protecting the machine from injury such as might result should the lmachine be unprepared for shiftingof its magazines.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and the combinations and arrangements of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the features of novelty being pointed out particularly in the' claims at the end of the specification.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section, illustrating a magazine shifting mecha` nism constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention and ap plied to one type of multiple magazine typographical machine.

Figure 2 is a view, partly in section, ofthe magazine shifting mechanism as viewed from the left in Figure l.

Figure 3 is aside elevation of the type of multiple magazine typographical machine Serial No. 499,007.

proved magazlne shifting mechanism and lillustrating particularly the manner in which lthis magazine shifting mechanism accommodates itself to the tilting or rock-v ing movements of the magazines to bring the .same either into position for operation or into position for removal of the magazines.

F igure 4 is a collective view representing two sections both on the line 4 4 of Figure 1 and showing the intermediate controller in two ldifferent positions.

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of the safety .device which prevents shifting ofthe magazines unless the safety device is released.

Flgure 6 is a detail of a magazine entrance which is shiftable to and from operative relation with the magazine occupying the operative position in the machine.

`S1milar parts are designated by the same reference characters in the several views.

Power operated magazine shifting mechanism constructed in accordance with the present invention is ap licable .generally to all classes of typograp ical machines contalning a plurality of magazines any one of which may be brought into operative relation with the assembling and distributing mechanisms of the machine. The preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in the accompanying drawings and vwill be hereinafter described in detail as applied to one particular type of machine, but it .is to be understood that the invention is not restricted to the particular construct1on 4shown as equivalent constructions are contemplated and these will be included within the scope of the claims.

In the present instance, the power operated magazine shifting mechanism is shown applied to a typographical machine of the same general class as-that illustrated and described in U. S; Patent No. 1,352,965, granted September 14, 1920, to T. S. Homans, and it is applied more particularly. to the magazine shifting means substantially as shown and described in UUS. Patent No. 1,156,031, granted October 5, 1915, to T. S. Homans. As is fully illustrated and described in the latter patent, a plurality of matrix containing magazines are mounted in the machine by a frame 1 which is supported to rock on a pivotal center 2 whereby the magazines may be swung forwardly into operative position, as is indicated by the full lines in Figure 3, in which position a magazine in the frame 1 will be in operative relation with the assembler entrance 2a and the distributing mechanism of the machine and the frame lfma be rocked or swung rearwardly into a positlon which facilitates removal or substitution of magazines, this position being indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 3. In said Patent No. 1,156,031 three magazines M1, M2 andl M3 are shown and these magazines are mounted on a suitable secondary frame 3 which is shiftable relatively to thel frame 1 to carry one magazine out of operative position and to bring another magazine into such position. Re erence is made to that patent for a full disclosure of the magazine shifting mechanism to which the power operated means of the present invention is applied. It is believed to be sufficient to point out that the pinion 4 which cooperates with a rack 5 on the frame 1 corresponds' with the pinion shown in the patent and which is provided with a handle by which it ma be rotated manually to effect shifting o the magazines, the pinion traversing the rack 5 incident` to the shifting of the magazines.

The present invention provides power operated means which enables the magazines t0 be shifted more quickly and with greater facilitythan heretofore, the shifting of the magazines being effected by power taken fromha suitable part of the machine, under the direction or control of the operator. Preferably, and as shown in the present instance, the shaft of the pinion 1 which constitutes part of the magazine shifting mechanism instead of being provided with a handle for manual operation, as shown and described in Patent No. 1,156,031, isy provided with a gear 6 which is fixed thereto and cooperates with an intermediate gear 7 loosely mounted on a shaft 8, a worm wheel 9 -being fixed to turn with the intermediate 4gear 7 and meshing with a worm 10. These gears a-nd theworm are preferably housed within a casing 11 which is mounted on the shaft 12 of the pinion 4 so that the pinion shaft may revolve when driven by the worm and gears and also the casing 11 may swing to a suitable extent about the shaft 12 as an axis when the maga-zine frame is rocked either forwardly or rearwardly, as will hereinafter appear. The worm 10 may be driven from any suitable part of the machine, it being preferably mounted on a shaft 13 which is provided with a longitudinal keyway 14 in which a spline 10a in the worm operates, the shaft 13 being journaled and slidable axially in .bearings 15 formed on the casing 11 beyond the opposite ends of the worm 10. By this construction the shaft 13 will maintain a driving connection with the worm 10 and the magazine frame 1 may be meines rocked forwardly or rearwardly without disturbing this driving connection` the' shaft 13 under those conditions merely sliding axially in the bearings 15 of the worm.

Power for operating the magazine shifting mechanism may be taken from any suitable part of the machine, as beforeI indicated, it being preferable to utilize the socalled intermediate shaft which is used in all typographical machines of the class hereinbefore referred to. This intermediate shaft, designated 16 in the present instance, is generally provided with a pulley 17 which drives the keyboard of the machine, a pulley 18 which drives the distributor, and a pulley 19 which drives the assembling mechanism, the shaft 16 running continuously while the machine is in use so that its motion is usually constant and regular. Different means may be provided for driving the magazine shifting mechamsm from this shaft 16. As shown, a pair of bevel gears 20 and 21 are mounted loosely on the shaft and provided with key-ways 23 and 24, respectively, and the shaft is formed with a key-way 25 in which a spline 26 is fitted to slide axially, the spline being between the gears 21 and 22 and out of engagement therewith when in its neutral posit on and being shiftable in either ydirection longitudinally of the shaft to engage the key-way of oneor the other of the gears and thus couple the same tol the shaft. The spline may be shifted and controlled by a collar 27 to which the spline is attached, the collar being shiftable axially on the shaft. An intermediate bevel gear 28 meshes constantly with the bevel gears 21 and 22, this intermediate bevel gear being fixed on a shaft 29 which, in turn, is coupled to the worm driving shaft 13 by a sleeve or collar 30. The shaft 29 for the intermediate gear 28 is `preferably journaled in a housing 31 which suitably encloses the bevel gears described and is provided with bearings 32 which are journaled on or concentrically with the shaft 16. In the construction just descr'bed when the collar 27 is shifted toward the right in Figure 2, the spline 26 will be engaged in the key-way 24 of the gear 22 and the latter meshing with the intermediate gear 28 will drive the shaft 29 and. consequently, the shaft 13 and the worm 10 thereon in one direction; and when the collar 27 is shifted toward the left in Figure 2 the spline 26 will be shifted into engagement with the key-way 23 in the gear 21, thus coupling this gear to the shaft 16 in consequence of which the intermediate gear 28 and the shafts 29A and 13 and the worm 10 will be driven in a direction -the reverse of that first described. When the collar 27 is in its normal intermediate or neutral position, theJ spline 26 will be disengaged from both of the gears 21 and 22 and the gears 21 and 22 will remain at rest while the shaft 16 continues to revolve. It will be understood that rotation of the worm 10 in one direction will cause the p'non 4 forming part of the magazine shifting mechanism to traverse the rack to shift the magazines forwardly relatively to the frame 1, and that rotation of the worm in a reverse direction will cause this pinion ,4 to traverse the rack 5 in a reverse direction, thus shifting the magazines rearwardly relatively to the frame 1.

The present invention provides means by which the -power operated means for the magazine shifting mechanism ma be set into operation by the operator to e ect magazine shifting movement and to automati- 'cally interrupt the magazine shifting movement when the selected magazine, as indicated by the operator, has reached the desired position. Preferably, and as shown in the present instance, the power operated means for the magazine shifting mechanism is set-into operation by a suitable handle 33, this handle, in the present instance, being fixed at 34 to the upper end, of a vertical shaft 35, the latter being-,1conveniently mounted in brackets or bea-rings 36 attached to or arranged on an adjacent part of the main frame A of the machine. The lower end yof the shaft has an arm 37 fixed thereon and provided with a roller or projection V38 which ridesin the groove of the collar 27. By this construction when the handle 33 is shifted toward the right in Figure 2 the collar 27 will be shifted toward the leftto connect the gear 21 to the,l shaft 16, and when the handle 33 is shifted toward the left in said figure, the collar 27 will be shifted toward the right to connect the gear 22 to the shaft 16, the handle 33 being shown in its neutral position in said figure.

Means is provided for automatically in terrupting the magazine shifting operation when the selected magazine has been brought into the desired position, as indicated, or determined, by the operator. Preferably, and as shown inthe present instance, the automatic stopping means or controller comprises a bar o r similar member 39 which may be conveniently mounted to reciprocate to a suitable extent at one side'of the magazine frame 1, this bar, in the present instance, being slotted longitudinally toward its ends and movably su ported by screws 40. T he bar 39 is provi ed at or near its opposite ends with stops or projections 41 and 42, respectively, and a part movable with the magazines, preferably the link 43, 1s provided with a projection 44 Which is adapted to travel above the upper edge of the bar 39 and to come into engagement with either the stop 41 or the stop 42, according to the direction in which the magazines are being shifted, the bar 39 being thereby picked up byl the projection 44 and caused to travel in unison therewith for a short distance which will be suilicient to interrupt the o eration of the power means which drives t e magazine shifting mechanism. The bar 39 is operatively connected to the controlling means for the collar 27, it being operatively connected, vin the present instance, to one end of a lever 45, this lever being pivoted intermediately on a screw or pivot 46 attached to a suitable relatively fixed part of the main frame' while the opposite end of the lever 45 is operatively connected to a projection 47 forming part of the handle 33. By this,l construction when the bar 39 is shifted toward the left in Figure 1 due to the engagement of the stop. 44 with the projection- 41 on said bar the lever 45 will be rocked on its pivot 46, thereby swinging the handle 33 from its left-hand position, Figure 2, into the intermediate or neutral position shown in said figure, thereby interrupting thedriving connection between the shaft 16 and the power means which operates the magazine shifting mechanism; and When the barl39 is shifted toward the right in Figure 1 dueto the engagement of the projection 44 with the projection 42 on the bar, the lever 45 will be rocked about its pivot in a reverse direction, thereby swinging the handle 33 from a right-hand position to the intermediate or neutra-l position shown in Figure 2, vthereby disconnecting the shaft 16 from the power means which drives the magazine shifting mechanism.

Where three or more magazines are used in the machine means must be provided for interrupting the operation of the magazine shifting mechanism when an intermediate magazine is to be brought into operative position. .In the present instance, three magazines are shown, although it will be obvious that. a greater number of magazinesmay be used,if desired, without requiring material modification of the magazine shiftlng mechanism vand the power operated means for actuating it. The present invention provides novel and. improved means for stoppingl the magazine shifting operation when the interme iate magazine has reached its operative position and according to the present invention the stopping means for the intermediate magazine is so constructed that it may be set in inactive position to permit a shift to be made from the uppermost to the lowermost magazine, or vice versa, without requiring the operator to hold such stopping means in inactlve position. The intermediate stopping means, according to the present invention, constitutes, in effect, a controller which can be set by the operator after which stopping of the magazine shifting operation will be accomplished automatically. Preferably, and as shown, this intermediate stopping means or controller comprises a slide 48 lll which is fitted to move vertically on the intermediate portion of the stopping bar 39. A spring 49 is preferably provided which acts to force the slide 48 upwardly so that it will project into the path of the travelling projection 44. Manually operated means is provided for setting this slide 48 either in its upper position, as shown at the right in Figure 4, and for retracting or lowering the slideinto the position shown at the left in Figure 4, and for retaining the slide in this latter position. As shown, a rotatable pin or shaft 50 is fitted in the slide and is provided at its lower end with a rin or other suitably shaped handle 51 whici isy located conveniently for manipulation by the operator. The upper end of the pin or shaft 50 is formed with an offset pin or pro-- jection 52 and the lower edge of the intermediate portion of the bar 39 is formed with a groove or notch 53. By this construction when the pin or shaft is' turned into one position the projection 52 thereon will enter the notch 53 in the bar 39 and the spring 49 will act to lift the slide 48 into its elevated position and to hold it in such position, so that it will be in the path of the travelling projection 44; and when the pin or shaft 50 ispulled downwardly by manipulation of `its handle 5L and is rotated. through approximately a quarter revolution, the sllde 48 will beretracted to a position below the path of movement of the projection 44 and the projection 52 will bear on the unnotched lower edge of the bar 39 and will thereby hold the slide in retracted position. This slide 48 controls automatically the eX- tent of shift of the magazines. When it is retracted and the magazine shifting mechanism is set into operation, the projection 44 which participates in the shifting movement of the magazines will be permitted to travel uninterruptedly from one end of the bar 39 to theJ other end thereof, in either direction, thus permitting a'shift to be made directly from the uppermost to the lowermost magazine, or vice versa, and during this shift the controller 48 will be held mechanically in inactive position, thus relieving the operator of the inconvenience of holding it retracted manually durin the shift. When it is desired to shift elther the uppermost or the lowermost magazine out of operative position and to bring the intermediate magazine into such position, the slide or controller 48 is set in its elevated or active position, and when the shifting operation has been initiated by operation of the handle 33, the magazine shifting movement will continue in the proper direction until the projection 44 engages the slide or controller 48, whereupon the slide or controller, and, in consequence, the bar 39 on which it is mounted, will be shifted in the appropriate direction to automatically restore the collar 27 to itsl Lacasse 39 is in engagement with the travelling stop 44, the handle 33 which sets the power operated means for the magazine shifting mechanism into operation can be shifted only in a direction which will cause the magazine shifting mechanism to shift the magazines in a direction which will' cause thisprojec- `tion 44 to recede from the stop on the bar with which it engages. y

In order to avoid possible injury to the machine that mi htfresult from shifting of the magazines w en the machine is unprepared therefor, a safety device is provided .which will prevent magazine shifting operation unless the machine is prepared .therefor. Preferably, and as shown, this safety device comprises a link 54 having a notch 55 arranged to receive a portion of the handle 33 when the latter is in neutral position and thus lock said handle from operation unless the link 54 is raised or released. This link may be conveniently mounted loosely on the screw or pivot 55 which supports a handle 56,' the latter being connected by a link 57 to the magazine entrance 57a which may be similar in its construction and mode of operation to that shown and described in my prior Patent No. 1,245,055, granted October 30, 1917. As shown, this magazine entrance is interposed between the distributor and the ymagazine in use and it must be swung about its pivot 57h into a position to clear the magazines during shifting thereof. The hub 58 of the handle 56 is preferably provided with a pin 59 which is adapted to operate between a pair of pins 60 on the link 54. When the handle 56 is in its normal forward position, the magazine entrance will be in operative position with respect to the magazine in use and the pin 59 will bear on the lower pin 60 on the link 54 and this link will be thereby heldin locked relation with the handle 33 and manipulation of the handle 33 to cause magazine shiftin movement will be thus prevented. owever, whena magazine shift is to be made, the handle56 is first swung downwardly into substantially the position'shown in Figures 1, 3 and 5. This operation will first swing the magazine entrance into a position to clear the upper ends of the magazines during the shifting thereof and it will also cause the pin 59 on the handle to engage the up er pin 60 on the link 54, thereby Swingin t is link upwardly and releasing the hanfle 33 the upper ends of the magazines and also lifting the link or latch 54 to unlock the handle 33. If the uppermost magazine is in operative position and it is desired to bring the lowermost magazine into such position, or vice versa, the handle 51 is pulled down and rotated about a quarter revolution, the intermediate stop or controller 48 being thereby retracted from the path of the travelling projection 44 and held in retracted or inactive position. The handle 33 is then shifted to the right or left, Fig..2, according to the direction in `which the magazines are to be shifted, in consequence of which the power-operated mechanism will be operatively connected to and driven by the shaft 16. The magazine will then be shifted in the direction thus determined or indicated by the o erator and this movement will continue until the projection 44 has passed the intermediate stop or controller, which at this time is held retracted, and comes against the end stop 41 or 42 according to the direction of shift. The controller bar 39 will then be picked up by the projection 44 and caused to move in unison with it, this movement of the bar 39 being transmitted through the lever 45 to the handle 33 and acting to automatically restore this handle to its vertical position, thereby interrupting the operation of the magazine shifting mechanism when the selected magazine has reached operative position. If either the uppermost or the lowermost ma azine is in operative position and it is esired to bring the intermediate magazine into such position, the intermediate stop or controller is set in its active or elevated position and the handle 33 is moved in the appropriate direction, as before, the magazine shiftin movement in this case continuing untll the travelling projection 44 encounters the intermediate stop or controller which is now in the path, whereupon the controller bar 39 will be shifted longitudinally in the appropriate direction to automatically interrupt further movement of the magazines, the intermediate ma azine bein then in operative position. hould thev intermediate magazine be in operative position at the time the shift is to be made and either the uppermost or lowermost magazine is to be brought into such position, it is only necessary to retract the intermediate stop or controller, if the shift is to be made in the direction which will carry the projection 44 past it, and'to move the handle 33 in the direc-tion appropriate to that `in which the magazines are to shifted, the shift then taking place and being terminated automatically by the e11- gagement of the travelling projection 44 with the appro riate end stop on the controller bar 39, n each case, after the shift has taken place, the handle 56 is swung for- Wardly to properly relate the channel entrance with the magazine which has been brought into operative position, and this operation automatically lowers the link or latch 54 into locking relation with the handle 33, thus preventing actuation of the latter to cause magazine shifting movement unless the handle 56 is again swung into a position to unlock or release it.

The present invention provides means by which any selected one of a pluralityA .of matrix magazines may be quickly and easily brought into position for use with minimum manipulation or attention of the operator. The magazine shifting movement is effected by power taken conveniently from any appropriete part of the machine, it is indicated and initiated by the operator, and it is terminated automatically when the selected magazine has been brought into operative position. Where three or more magazines are contained in the machine, the mere setting of the intermediate controller deter-l mines whether an intermediate magazine or an upper or a lower magazine will be brought into operative position, and where the shift isl to be made from an upper to a lower magazine, or vice versa, the intermediate controller will be held mechanically in inactive position thus avoiding the neeessity of holding the controller manually in such position while the magazine shifting Operation is taking place. When the limit of movement necessary to bring the desired magazine into posltion has been reached, the power-operated means which drives the magazine shifting mechanism is automatically interrupted in its operation, and moreover,` when either the uppermost or the lowermost magazine is in .position at the time a shift is to be made, it will be possible only to shift the magazines in the proper direction to bring the desired magazine into position.

I claim as my invention 1. In a typographical machine embodying means for shiftably supporting a set of at least three matrix magazines whereby one or another thereof may be brought into operative position, power-operated means foi` shifting the magazines in opposite directions, manually-controlled means for setting said power-operatedmeans into operation to shift the magazines in one or the other dimeans for supporting a set of at least three matrix magazines and ower-operated means having means for riving it by power from a part of the machine' and operating to shift the magazines in either of twovdirections to bring one or another thereof into operative position, controlling means for interrupting the movement of the ma azlnes when the selected magazine has reac ed its operative position, comprising limit stops lfor automatically stopping the operation of A i means'for shiftably supporting a set of at least three matrix magazines `whereby one or -another thereof may be brought into operative position, power-operated means for shifting the magazines in either of two directions, and means controlled by the operator for determining the direction and the extent of shift comprising -ineansfor setting said power-operated means vinto operation in one or the other direction, limit stops for automatically arresting such operation when the magazines have reached either of their extreme positions, an inter-` mediate stop for arresting such operation when the magazines have reached an inter- .mediate position, and manually-set means for holding said intermediate stop in inactive condition. y

4. In a ltypographical machine embodying means for shift-ably mounting a set of at least three matrix. magazines whereby one or another thereof may be brought into operative position,poweroperated means for 'shifting the magazines in either of two directions, manually-set means for initiating and predetermining the direction of shift of the magazines, and manually-set means for predetermining' the extent of shift to automatically stop the power-operated means wheny the selected magazine has reached operative position.

5. Inatypographical machine embodying means for shiftably mounting a plurality of matrix magazines whereby any one of the magazines may be brought into operative posltion, power-operated means for shifting the magazines, means for setting the power-operated means into operation in4 either of two directions, stop-means for automatically arresting the operation of the power-operated means when the magazines have reached either of the twoextreme positions, and means for preventing operation of the setting means to cause movement of the magazines Ibeyond either of said exi treme positions.

6. In a typographical machine embodying a magazine frame mounted to swing into an operative position, and also into a reverse position for removal of the magazines, and means for shitably supporting magazines lin said frame whereby one or another thereof may be brought into operative position, power-operated means for shifting the magazines a portion of which is mounted to be driven by a relatively non-shiftable part of the machine and another portion of which is mounted to swing with said. magazine frame, said portions of the power-operated means maintaining operative driving relation irrespective of the position occupied by the magazineframe.

7. In a typographical machine embodying f means for shiftably supporting a plurality of magazines whereby one or another thereof may be brought into operative position, and a magazine entrance movable to and from cooperative relation with one or another of such magazines when brought into operative position, means for operating said supporting means to shift the magazines, and means controlled according to the position occupied by the magazine Aentrance for setting said operating means into operation.

8. In a typographical machine embodying means for shiftably supporting a plurality-of matrix magazines, powerloperated means for shifting the magazines tobring one or another thereof into operatixge position, a magazine entrance which requires movement prior to shifting of the magazines, and means controlled according to the position occupied by said `magazine entrance for setting said power-operated meansVv into operation.

9. In a typographical machine embodyingmeans for shiftably mounting a plur'ality of matrix magazines and a magazine ntrance movable to and from operative position relatively to the magazine in operative position, power-operated means for shifting the magazines to bring one or another thereof into operative position, and lmeans controlled by the position occupied by the magazine entrance for setting the poweroperated means into operation-- 10. ln a typographical machine embodying means for shifta-bly mounting a plurality of matrix magazines, power-operated ice means for shifting the magazines in either of two directions to bring one or another thereof into operative position, a controller bar operative to stop the operation of said power-operated means and having stops thereon, and a part movable with the magazines and arranged to engage either of said`stops and thereby shift the controller rea bar to stop the operation of the poweroperated means.

. 11. In a typographical machine em bodying means for shiftably supporting a operation of Ithe power-operated means.

12. In a typographical machine embodying means for shiftably supporting a set of at least three matrix magazines, power operated means for shifting the magazines to bring one or 'another thereof into operative position, a controller member having limit stops and controlling the operation of the power-operated means, a travelling part movable with the magazines and arranged to engage one or another of said stops and thus stop the operation of the power-operated means when the magazines reach one or fanotherof its extreme positions, andan intermediate stop movable relatively to said controller member to set it in or out of the path of said travelling part.

13. In al typographical machine embodyingmeans forshiftably supporting a set of at least three matrix magazines, power-operated means for shifting the magazines yto bring one or another thereof into operative position, a controller member for the poweroperated means having limit stops thereon, a travelling part movable with the magazines and arranged to engage and thereby actuate the controller member when the magazines reach one or the other of their extreme positions, an'intermediate stop on the controller member movable relatively thereto into and out of the path of said travelling part, and a manually-set device for holding the intermediate stop out of the path of the travelling part. v

14. In a typographical machine embodyin means for shiftably supporting a plura ity of matrix magazmes, power-operated means for shifting the magazines to bring one or another thereof into operative position, means for setting said power-operated means into operation in either of two directions, a controller member movable in either of two `directions by the shifting movement of the magazines, and an operative connection between the controller member and the setting device.

15. In a typographical machine embodying means for shiftably supportingy a plurality of magazines whereby one or another thereof may be brought into operative position, units for controlling the matrices while being delivered from and returned to the magazines respectively, and means for operating said supporting means to shiftl the magazines relatively to said units, means controlled according to the position occupied by one of said units for setting said operating means into operation to cause shifting of the magazines.

16. In a. typographical machine embodying means for shiftably supporting a plurality of matrix magazines, power operated means for shifting the magazines to bring one or another thereof into operative position, and a. matrix guiding unit which requires movement prior to shifting of the magazines, means controlled according to the position occupied by said unit for setting said power operated means into operation.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto'set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses. A

SAMUEL E. SPERRY. Witnesses:

THOMAS S. I-IoMANs, MARTIN SU'r'rER. 

